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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "ALEXANDER ACOSTA" <sean871@seoulsports.or.kr>
Reply-To: alluiscosta@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:05:08 -0000
Subject: Confirm for me pls

Good afternoon, My esteemed.
 
 
Please, confirm if you received the previous message that I sent you a few days ago, the one that contained the original proposal, if you received it or it was sent directly to the spam folder. I mean the one that contains the same (surname) with my client. I am so embarrassed by this, my letter to you was ignored and I am not sure how this happened.
 
I want to make sure you get it and hopefully you have a chance, it will work well for you and you need to be more serious about it with your relative, an entrepreneur contractor who lived in Europe (Spain) for over a decade and successfully executed a contract. Before the death of my deceased client; my client successfully executed a contract worth $9.4 Million in projects and the government is fully paying in full all foreign contractors who have successfully completed their contracts and my client is one of those to benefit from this payment plan, which has already been deposited with his bank. As the Attorney/ Solicitor present during the registry of the contract of my late client, the bank has officially notified and instructed me to present the heir / heiress to make claim on the outstanding deposit, which has been recorded.
 
I would like to present you as a family member (beneficiary) to the bank. You have a common last name with him as my client's closest relative next of kin. I want to assure you that I am proposing this project to you with the best of my intentions. All I require from you is your honest cooperation. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. Upon successful completion of this project, once the deposit has been released to you, we will disburse the content in the ratio of 50% /50% for me respectively as our benefit ($4.7M each).Reply strictly to my email: alluiscta@gmail.com: You can also call me for effective communication and oral clarification.
 
* YOUR PRINTED NAME: -----
* PHONE NUMBER: ------
 
Respectfully yours,
Ph:+34 603-010-932
Alexander Luis Acosta,ESQ
Senior Associates LLP (lawyer)

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